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HANSARDChina Spying CaseThe Minister is making a powerful point about the active threat. At this point in time, do the Government perceive China to be an active threat?28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxIs my right hon. Friend aware of the study by Jackson-Stops, which looked at people aged 55 and over to see how much abolishing stamp duty would help to move the market along? The…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxPretzel-like.28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseTony Blair was Prime Minister for a very long time. Did he amend the legislation?28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseIs it therefore not incredible either way that the deputy NSA did not discuss the biggest spy case this century with his boss, the National Security Adviser, and was left to his…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxThe hon. Lady may recall that it was a Labour Secretary of State who removed the word “beautiful” from the national planning policy framework. How does she expect to have those…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseAbsolutely. Not only have the Government not done anything with the case, there are wider debates that could take place—about what legislation needs to change and other measures…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseThe real threat to our security is not necessarily what others do in the shadows; it is what one’s own Government hide from the light. That is the essence of what we are trying to…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseIs that an assertion of fact from the Committee’s report?28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxDoes my right hon. Friend agree that that is compounded by the Government’s position on spending reductions? We saw that on the Floor of the House, when the one attempt to make…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. One of the biggest concerns I have is that the Government have taken away the funding for neighbourhood plans. We know that neighbourhood…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxA really important issue, especially for elderly people who are caught in a large home, is social care. We need to make sure that healthcare and support is there as people get…28 Oct 2025HANSARDStamp Duty Land TaxMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he agree that when supply is tight, if we allow people to move more easily, the right people will be in the homes that are right…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseTo repeat the quote we heard earlier, we need to walk and chew gum at the same time. It is easy to call China a threat, but still to engage. That is exactly what the Chinese…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseI will not, because I have taken two interventions already. My worry is about what the public perceive, because it is a statement of fact that since the Chancellor went to China,…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseI feel I am being misquoted, because I have simply asked for all this to be resolved by publishing the information. The Government could come out and say that China is a threat. I…28 Oct 2025HANSARDChina Spying CaseMy right hon. Friend is absolutely spot on. It is because of these unprecedented facts that I would expect the Prime Minister to come forward and provide answers, not send a…28 Oct 2025HANSARDPrisoner Release ChecksThere are almost a dozen pages in the statement and the Secretary of State has taken questions for almost an hour, but there is one word that I have not heard: “sorry”. That is…27 Oct 2025HANSARDNHS Trusts: PerformanceI thank the Secretary of State for his answer, but waiting lists have risen for three successive months now, doctors are on strike, GPs are in formal dispute with the Government,…21 Oct 2025HANSARDNHS Trusts: PerformanceWith reports of over £1 billion in costs for integrated care board redundancies and the chief executive officer of NHS England warning that services could have to move to plan B,…21 Oct 2025